Expanding Global Rehabilitation Services through International Academic-Community Partnerships.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes has become a major health care problem in India with an estimated 66.8 million people suffering from the condition, representing the largest number of any country in the world. OBJECTIVE:The rising burden of diabetes has greatly affected the health care sector and economy in India. The goal of heal...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Joshi SR

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peers are people with lived experience of mental illness. Peer support is an established intervention in which peers offer support to others with mental illness. A large proportion of people living with severe mental illness receive no care. The care gap is largest in low- and middle-income countries, with d...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Puschner B,Repper J,Mahlke C,Nixdorf R,Basangwa D,Nakku J,Ryan G,Baillie D,Shamba D,Ramesh M,Moran G,Lachmann M,Kalha J,Pathare S,Müller-Stierlin A,Slade M

更新日期：2019-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The proposed viewpoint seems important at this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, the COVID-19 prevention strategies implemented in the population are based on medical paradigms that generate extremely deleterious social and environmental impacts. Using the occupational health and safety perspective - taking care ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Voirol C,Sader J,Audétat MC

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Healthcare equipment funded by international partners is often not properly utilized in many developing countries due to low levels of awareness and a lack of expertise. A long-term on-site training program for laparoscopic surgery was established at a regional hospital in Ghana upon request of the Ghana Hea...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Kang MJ,Apea-Kubi KB,Apea-Kubi KAK,Adoula NG,Odonkor JNN,Ogoe AK

更新日期：2020-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Workers in the informal economy often incur exposure to well-documented occupational health hazards. Insufficient attention has been afforded to rigorously evaluating intervention programs to reduce the risks, especially in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). Objectives:This systematic review, con...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Tsang VWL,Lockhart K,Spiegel SJ,Yassi A

更新日期：2019-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to heavy metals at contaminated industrial and mining sites, known also as hot spots, is a significant source of toxic exposure and adverse health outcomes in countries around the world. The Toxic Sites Identification Program (TSIP) developed by Pure Earth, a New York-based nongovernmental organizat...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Dowling R,Caravanos J,Grigsby P,Rivera A,Ericson B,Amoyaw-Osei Y,Akuffo B,Fuller R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Sierra Leone faces among the highest maternal mortality rates worldwide. Despite this burden, the role of life-saving critical care interventions in low-resource settings remains scarcely explored. A value-based approach may be used to question whether it is sustainable and useful to start and run an obstetr...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Marotta C,Di Gennaro F,Pisani L,Pisani V,Senesie J,Bah S,Koroma MM,Caracciolo C,Putoto G,Amatucci F,Borgonovi E

更新日期：2020-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is the leading global risk factor for mortality. Hypertension treatment and control rates are low worldwide, and insufficient human resource capacity is among the contributing factors. Thus, a critical component of hypertension management is to develop novel and effective solutions to the human ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Vedanthan R,Kamano JH,Horowitz CR,Ascheim D,Velazquez EJ,Kimaiyo S,Fuster V

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide celebration of the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife boosts innovative efforts by academic nursing schools to change the narrative for the nursing profession globally. These innovations have the potential to disrupt narratives that perpetuate negative perspectives and to replace them with counter-narratives ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Bolan N,Ogbolu Y

更新日期：2020-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Haiti has a chronic physician shortage, and the country has been facing an increased disease burden since the 2010 earthquake and the subsequent introduction of cholera. In such resource-challenged settings, access to postgraduate medical education often is limited due to inadequate financial, structural, an...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Nádas M,Bedenbaugh R,Morse M,McMahon GT,Curry CL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to contaminant mixtures in developing countries is an important public health issue. Children are identified as the most susceptible group to adverse health effects due to the exposure. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to conduct a screening for mixture pollutants in Mexican children in urban ma...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Flores-Ramírez R,Pérez-Vázquez FJ,Medellín-Garibay SE,Camacho Aldrete A,Vallejo-Pérez M,Díaz de León-Martínez L,Carrizales Yáñez L,Díaz-Barriga F

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urogenital fistula is a debilitating condition that women can develop following obstructed labor. The primary objective of this study was to reveal illness narratives of Rwandan women with urogenital fistula to appreciate their unique experiences. The secondary aim was to identify common themes that emerged ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Kay A,Nishimwe A,Hampton BS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Climate change has myriad implications for the health of humans, our ecosystems, and the ecological processes that sustain them. Projections of rising greenhouse gas emissions suggest increasing direct and indirect burden of infectious and noninfectious disease, effects on food and water security, and other ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Machalaba C,Romanelli C,Stoett P,Baum SE,Bouley TA,Daszak P,Karesh WB

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The civil war between the indigenous Mayans and other Guatemalans lasted for 36 years, killed civilians, decimated villages, and resulted in many refugees. The Guatemalan Peace Agreement of 1996 aimed to alleviate the ongoing conflict. Studies of peace agreements more typically evaluate local political outco...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Green JC,Boakye EA,Schoening A,Vaughn MG

更新日期：2018-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery includes obstetrics and gynecology as an area needing international strengthening in low- and middle-income countries. Despite interest, a majority of participants in US residency programs graduate with little exposure to global health or preparation to work abroad. O...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Pope R,Shaker M,Ganesh P,Larkins-Pettigrew M,Pickett SD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:As neonatal care improves in low-resource settings, more preterm or low birth weight (LBW) babies are surviving, but little is known about their long-term outcomes. Globally, preterm and/or LBW babies are at increased risk of mortality, malnutrition, and developmental delay. Objectives:We aim to describe th...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Ahishakiye A,Abimana MC,Beck K,Miller AC,Betancourt TS,Magge H,Mutaganzwa C,Kirk CM

更新日期：2019-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2012, the Rio+20 meeting initiated the concept of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a continuation of the Millennium Development Goals. The resulting document "The Future We Want" is best conceived as a roadmap toward poverty eradication and sustainable development. Although the SDGs were develo...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Plum A,Kaljee L

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An estimated 424,000 fatal falls occur globally each year, making falls the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths after road traffic injuries. More than 80% of fall-related fatalities occur in low- and middle-income countries. Data from low-income South Asian countries like Nepal are la...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Gupta S,Gupta SK,Devkota S,Ranjit A,Swaroop M,Kushner AL,Nwomeh BC,Victorino GP

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The research literature discusses two opposite hypotheses regarding the possible effects of healthcare quality on the willingness to pay more taxes to improve public healthcare. One hypothesis theorizes that a lower quality of public healthcare may weaken the willingness to pay more taxes towards improving it. Another...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Habibov N,Luo R,Auchynnikava A

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to the World Health Organization, >200 million children in low- and middle-income countries experience developmental delays. However, household structure and parenting practices have been minimally explored as potential correlates of developmental delay in low- and middle-income countries, despite ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Uwemedimo OT,Howlader A,Pierret G

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mozambique is an emerging lower income country (LIC) on the southeast coast of Africa. There are significant workforce shortages in medical and health professions in the country. Mozambique was one of 12 countries in Africa that was awarded a grant through the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) ...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Noormahomed EV,Mocumbi AO,Ismail M,Carrilho C,Patel S,Nguenha A,Badaro R,Bickler S,Benson CA,Schooley RT

更新日期：2018-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Ultrasound education has been provided to students in medical schools within and beyond the United States. A formal experiment with use of personal handheld ultrasound equipment by all first-year medical students has not been reported. Employing insonation (an application of ultrasound) at the personal leisu...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Ireson M,Warring S,Medina-Inojosa JR,O'Malley MT,Pawlina W,Lachman N,Narula J,Bhagra A

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Despite the growing interest in the development of emergency care systems and emergency medicine (EM) as a specialty globally, there still exists a significant gap between the need for and the provision of emergency care by specialty trained providers. Many efforts to date to expand the practice of EM have f...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Rybarczyk MM,Ludmer N,Broccoli MC,Kivlehan SM,Niescierenko M,Bisanzo M,Checkett KA,Rouhani SA,Tenner AG,Geduld H,Reynolds T

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Waste from end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment, known as e-waste, is a rapidly growing global problem. E-waste contains valuable materials that have an economic value when recycled. Unfortunately, the majority of e-waste is recycled in the unregulated informal sector and results in significant ri...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Perkins DN,Brune Drisse MN,Nxele T,Sly PD

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To identify and to measure entry level competencies (knowledge, skills, attitudes, judgements) for nurses to practice safely and effectively in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Introduction:Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is a small sub-Saharan country between South Africa and Mozambique. There are four nursi...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Msibi G,Nkwanyana N,Kuebel H

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Sufficient knowledge of the disproportionate burden of undernutrition among vulnerable children is required for accelerating undernutrition reduction in low-income countries. Objectives:We aimed to assess the prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting and associated factors among high-risk children bor...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Mutsindashyaka T,Nshimyiryo A,Beck K,Kirk CM,Wilson K,Mutaganzwa C,Bradford JD,Havugarurema S,Bihibindi V,Ngamije PK,Mubiligi JM,Miller AC

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:There is consensus among many medical school deans that exposure to human rights is a necessary component of physician training [78], however little is known about the impact of engagement in human rights programs on students' personal and professional development [1516171819202122232425262728]. Objective:T...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Schonholz SM,Edens MC,Epié AY,Kligler SK,Baranowski KA,Singer EK

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health professionals must be academically and experientially prepared regarding the social determinants of health to reduce health disparities at the global level. The emerging literature reflects a trend for incorporating global health competencies for health care. Specifically, recommendations from the Con...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Amerson R

更新日期：2019-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy metal contamination of food crops is an issue of global concern that ultimately results in toxicity and diseases in humans and animals through consumption of contaminated soils and food crops. With a population of 182 million people, Nigeria is regarded as the most populous country in Africa. The people suffer e...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Onakpa MM,Njan AA,Kalu OC

更新日期：2018-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Until recently, Colombia has been a country actively using asbestos. A major factory in Bogota manufactures friction products. Objective:To determine if the use of chrysotile asbestos in a friction products facility leads to workers developing disease. Methods:One hundred forty-eight factory workers, forme...

journal_title：Annals of global health

authors： Frank AL,Villamizar G,Bustillo Pereira JG

更新日期：2020-01-03 00:00:00